Pope Innocent II

Pope Innocent II (1070-23 September 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was the Pope from 14 February 1130 to 24 September 1143, succeeding Pope Honorius II and preceding Pope Celestine II.

Biography
Gregorio Papareschi was born in 1070 to Pietro Papareschi, and he was from the House of Papareschi, a dynasty of Catholic Italians. Pope Paschal II made Gregorio a cardinal deacon, and under Pope Callixtus II he helped to organize the 1122 Concordat of Worms. On 14 February 1130 he was elected as pope after the death of Pope Honorius II, and during his reign Antipope Anacletus briefly took power before Lothar III of Germany invaded Italy, and Anacletus died in 1138. In the Second Lateran Council of 1139, Roger II of Sicily was excommunicated, getting rid of a major threat to the Papal States.